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NewPublicHealth on Location: Austin, Texas
September 14, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The first graders are split into two groups once they arrive at the Y, with half going to the water with their safety instructors for 45 minutes, and the other half headed to physical activities in the gym and on the ground. That physical activity a ...
Survey of Texas Voters
January 30, 2009 | Survey/Poll
The 2009 survey by Baselice & Associates polled Texans on their attitudes toward a smoke-free law, the rights of non-smokers, and related issues.
Empowering Community Health
October 1, 2009 | Video/Story
What grassroots can do to tackle second-hand smoke and other public health challenges.
Texas Public Health Groups Launch Ad Campaign About Need for Comprehensive, Statewide Smoke-Free Law
January 27, 2009 | News Release
The campaign focuses on the serious health risks of secondhand smoke, the growing number of states that have enacted comprehensive smoke-free laws and the strong public support for a comprehensive law in Texas.
It Takes a Community to Solve a Health Problem
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1993 to 2001, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, developed and implemented Community Health in Focus, a program designed to use the convening role of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to stimulate action on health care issues identified by local communities.